would the ipad be a good idea for college? does it have a good program for school for like typeing notes? and since there is no usb port can you send your saved work from your ipad to your email? so you can save all your work?
Yes. Good ideal. But you do need another computer, the iPad should not be your soul computer.
There are several note taking applications. But they are designed for different proposes so you can download the free version and choose which one works best for you.
I use Dropbox for saving work that I need to access from another computer.
You sure also get a bluetooth keyboard since the iPad is not designed for power typing.